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S. AUGUST. Soliloq. Cap.1.

Why dost thou hade thy face? Happily thou wilt say, none can see thy face and live: Ah Lord, let me die, that I may see thee; let me see thee, that I may die: I would not live, but die; That I may see Christ. I desire death; that I may live with Christ, I despise life.